Single Molecule Detection of Heteropolytungstates and their Isomers in Solution With a Nanometer- scale Pore

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May 20, 2016

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Jessica H. Benjamini, John J. Kasianowicz, Arvind K. Balijepalli

Abstract

We report a new technique to characterize poly- oxometalate (POM) structures at micromolar solution concentra- tion using single molecule nanopore-based measurements. The pH-dependent structural changes in phosphotungstic acid deter- mined with this technique were validated with NMR (the na- nopore method is more sensitive by one order of magnitude). Importantly, we also demonstrate that the method can identify [PW9O34]9- structural isomers at the single molecule level. The results suggest that nanopore measurements can serve as a com- plementary approach with enhanced sensitivity to traditional ana- lytical chemistry tools but with enhanced sensitivity. Because of its demonstrated ability to identify POM isomers, other molecular properties with controlled geometrical changes, such as the differ- ent location of a given atom, or a rotation of a fragment of the molecule, could potentially be investigated with this method.

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Journal of the American Chemical Society

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Benjamini, J. , Kasianowicz, J. and Balijepalli, A. (2016), Single Molecule Detection of Heteropolytungstates and their Isomers in Solution With a Nanometer- scale Pore, Journal of the American Chemical Society, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=920578 (Accessed October 21, 2025)